Altnaharra
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Altnaharra () is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland. The hamlet is on the A836 road, close to its junction with the B873. The nearest villages are Lairg and Tongue. Lochs in the area include Loch Naver and Loch Eriboll.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Altnaharra is referenced by 47 other articles, and connects out to London, Scotland and list of sovereign states.
It is catalogued under topics including Parish of Farr and Populated places in Sutherland.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Altnaharra
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Altnaharra Church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Altnaharra Church
- UK place.official_name
- Altnaharra
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Allt na h-Eirbhe
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NC567352
- UK place.map_type
- Sutherland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Sutherland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Caithness, Sutherland and Ross
- UK place.post_town
- LAIRG
- UK place.postcode_district
- IV27
- UK place.postcode_area
- IV
- UK place.dial_code
- 01549
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 168
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 498
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Altnaharra
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Altnaharra Church.jpg
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- Altnaharra
- historic county
- Sutherland
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- IV27 U
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- Altnaharra
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Altnaharra () is a small hamlet in Sutherland in the Highland region of northern Scotland. The hamlet is on the A836 road, close to its junction with the B873. The nearest villages are Lairg and Tongue. Lochs in the area include Loch Naver and Loch Eriboll.
The name Altnaharra is derived from the Scottish Gaelic Allt na h-Eirbhe, meaning Stream at the boundary wall. This is named after a stream that flows through the hamlet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altnaharra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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